There’s two trunk shows this weekend. The Charleston Jewelry Guild will sell its pieces at the Beaded Venus, while local designer Megan Loder will have her pas seul line at POE Studio. Both happen Saturday.

If you go to Theatre 99’s 3 on 3 long-form improv competition on Friday night, you’re going to catch some City Paper staffers improvising their hearts out (and hopefully making total fools of themselves). Or catch Kevin Hart (who appears in the just-released Death at a Funeral) and Keith Alberstadt doing their stand-up on Friday night.

Tantric, that band that had that one song when I was in middle school, plays with OverDrie and Obraskai on Saturday at Halligan’s. There’s also going to be live music at the Sea and Sand Festival on Saturday and at Gene’s Haufbrau’s Beerfest on Sunday. Big John’s will have their anniversary party on Friday; don’t pass up 55 cent beers.

The S.C. Aquarium will release Mama Pritchard, a 330-pound adult female loggerhead, at Isle of Palms County Park on Saturday.

And we’ve got to give a shout out to our home boy (and contributing arts editor) Nick Smith, who will read from and sign his newest book,Eat Happy, on Friday at Blue Bicycle Books.